Duje Ajdukovic and Oriol Roca Batalla will clash against each other in the final of the Braga Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.59
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Oriol Roca Batalla
This will be the 2nd time that Duje Ajdukovic and Oriol Roca Batalla play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ajdukovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Ajdukovic won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Luedenscheid Challenger back in August 2023.
Duje Ajdukovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-13 | 6-7 | 4-4 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-1 | 50-21 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 0-1 | 22-23 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-31 | 1-1 | 29-23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-11 | 4-3 | 22-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 199 (career-high), the Croatian reached the final after beating Jan Choinski 1-6 6-3 6-3, Alessandro Giannessi 7-5 5-7 6-2, Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-4 6-2 and Mate Valkusz 5-7 6-1 6-4.
In the semifinal against Valkusz, Ajdukovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-4). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 96 points vs Valkusz’s 85. Ajdukovic was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 63% (36/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the 2nd serve. Ajdukovic broke Valkusz 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has surrendered 3 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Ajdukovic has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (215-133). 50-20 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has an overall170-95 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he overcame Hugo Dellien in the final 7-5 6-4.
Duje has an overall 50-21 win-loss record in 2023, 50-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Oriol Roca Batalla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 8-4 | 42-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 0-0 | 50-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 0-1 | 25-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 0-1 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 267, Oriol reached the final after defeating Fabio Coelho 6-0 6-2, Giovanni Fonio 6-3 6-74 6-1, Ivan Gakhov 6-3 6-3, Gerard Campana Lee 6-2 6-2, Jaime Faria 6-4 6-1 and Benjamin Hassan 7-61 6-4.
In the semifinal, Roca Batalla had a good straight sets win against Hassan (7-61 6-4). During the match Roca Batalla scored 80 points vs Hassan’s 68. Roca Batalla was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Roca Batalla blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Oriol Roca Batalla was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 83% (25/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Oriol broke Hassan once after converting 11% of his break points (1/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Roca Batalla started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Roca Batalla’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Torello and the Augsburg Challenger.
The Spaniard has an overall 38-32 win-loss record in 2023, 30-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 104 | 117 |
| Pts | 359-319 | 435-319 |
| Total Points | 678 | 754 |
| Winners | 135 | 146 |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% |
Ajdukovic played 4 matches while Roca Batalla competed in 6 matches. Roca Batalla started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Duje Ajdukovic dropped 3 sets, while Oriol Roca Batalla dropped 1 set. Ajdukovic has played 2 set(s) less than Roca Batalla (11 vs 13). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 13 games less than Roca Batalla. Duje scored 135 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Roca Batalla scored 146 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 208/350 | 207/356 |
| %1st in | 59% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 135/208 | 146/207 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 76/142 | 89/149 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 60% |
Ajdukovic recorded 13 aces (3.3 per match). Roca Batalla managed to score 10 aces (1.7 per match). Ajdukovic won 65% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Roca Batalla won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 21 | 29 |
| Converted | 21/44 | 29/54 |
| % Converted | 48% | 54% |
| Conceded | 37 | 28 |
| Saved | 24 | 20 |
| % Saved | 65% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 13 | 8 |
Duje broke his opponents 21 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Croatian dropped his serve 13 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Roca Batalla broke his opponents 29 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | ||||||
| R1 Choinski |
R2 Giannessi |
1/4 Blancaneaux |
1/2 Valkusz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 5-7 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 5-7 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 32 | 18 | 29 | 104 | |
| pts | 95-89 | 103-93 | 65-52 | 96-85 | 359-319 | |
| Total points | 184 | 196 | 117 | 181 | 678 | |
| Winners | 33 | 43 | 23 | 36 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% | 35% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 57/100 | 62/98 | 32/61 | 57/91 | 208/350 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 63% | 52% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/57 | 43/62 | 23/32 | 36/57 | 135/208 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 69% | 72% | 63% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 16/36 | 13/29 | 21/34 | 76/142 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 44% | 45% | 62% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/16 | 5/9 | 5/11 | 21/44 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 56% | 45% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 37 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 7/12 | 6/8 | 7/10 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 58% | 75% | 70% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Roca Batalla | ||||||||
| Q1 Coelho |
Q3 Fonio |
R1 Gakhov |
R2 Campana Lee |
1/4 Faria |
1/2 Hassan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-3 6-74 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 117 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 107-94 | 65-43 | 58-37 | 67-43 | 80-68 | 435-319 | |
| Total points | 92 | 201 | 108 | 95 | 110 | 148 | 754 | |
| Winners | 15 | 39 | 30 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 146 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 36% | 46% | 26% | 36% | 29% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 21/43 | 56/92 | 36/50 | 25/46 | 38/64 | 31/61 | 207/356 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 61% | 72% | 54% | 59% | 51% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 15/21 | 39/56 | 30/36 | 15/25 | 24/38 | 23/31 | 146/207 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 83% | 60% | 63% | 74% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 14/36 | 9/14 | 13/21 | 16/26 | 25/30 | 89/149 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 39% | 64% | 62% | 62% | 83% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 8/15 | 3/4 | 6/8 | 5/9 | 1/9 | 29/54 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 53% | 75% | 75% | 56% | 11% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 28 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 6/9 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 8/10 | 0/0 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 100% | 33% | 80% | – | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
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